• Twitter suspension

    From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 3 08:43:20 2022
    My Twitter account, @garym03062, has been suspended for recommending the
    use of a sharp blade to separate the pages of a book. They must be
    hiring first-grade teachers to review tweets.
    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Peter Trei@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Wed Aug 3 07:06:38 2022
    On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 8:43:22 AM UTC-4, Gary McGath wrote:
    My Twitter account, @garym03062, has been suspended for recommending the
    use of a sharp blade to separate the pages of a book. They must be
    hiring first-grade teachers to review tweets.


    ...and people think Elon Musk can make Twitter * worse*?

    pt

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  • From Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Wed Aug 3 08:52:37 2022
    Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote in news:tcdqh8$27qf6$1@dont-email.me:

    My Twitter account, @garym03062, has been suspended for
    recommending the use of a sharp blade to separate the pages of a
    book. They must be hiring first-grade teachers to review tweets.

    Actually, the point is more that they don't hire *anyone* to review
    tweets. It's all done by AI, which is to say, broken shitware that
    can't do a tenth of what's claimed. Hiring *people* would cost money.

    --
    Terry Austin

    "Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
    -- David Bilek

    Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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  • From Kevrob@21:1/5 to Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha on Wed Aug 3 18:55:18 2022
    On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 11:52:40 AM UTC-4, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha wrote:
    Gary McGath <ga...@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote in news:tcdqh8$27qf6$1...@dont-email.me:
    My Twitter account, @garym03062, has been suspended for
    recommending the use of a sharp blade to separate the pages of a
    book. They must be hiring first-grade teachers to review tweets.
    Actually, the point is more that they don't hire *anyone* to review
    tweets. It's all done by AI, which is to say, broken shitware that
    can't do a tenth of what's claimed. Hiring *people* would cost money.

    --

    The Twitterati: "What's a book? or "What are pages?
    What do they recommend, Snippy Scissors?

    https://m.facebook.com/Drtonguestoys/videos/your-daily-trip-down-nostalgia-ave-brought-to-you-by-snippy-brand-electric-sciss/512478653692523/

    --
    Kevin R

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Kevrob on Thu Aug 4 05:57:15 2022
    On 8/3/22 9:55 PM, Kevrob wrote:
    On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 11:52:40 AM UTC-4, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha wrote:
    Gary McGath <ga...@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote in
    news:tcdqh8$27qf6$1...@dont-email.me:
    My Twitter account, @garym03062, has been suspended for
    recommending the use of a sharp blade to separate the pages of a
    book. They must be hiring first-grade teachers to review tweets.
    Actually, the point is more that they don't hire *anyone* to review
    tweets. It's all done by AI, which is to say, broken shitware that
    can't do a tenth of what's claimed. Hiring *people* would cost money.

    --

    The Twitterati: "What's a book? or "What are pages?
    What do they recommend, Snippy Scissors?

    I talked with a librarian yesterday, and she said an index card is best.
    I'd think a sharp blade would cut at the crease with less risk of
    tearing the page.


    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com on Thu Aug 4 13:15:02 2022
    Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:
    On 8/3/22 9:55 PM, Kevrob wrote:
    On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 11:52:40 AM UTC-4, Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha wrote:
    Gary McGath <ga...@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote in
    news:tcdqh8$27qf6$1...@dont-email.me:
    My Twitter account, @garym03062, has been suspended for
    recommending the use of a sharp blade to separate the pages of a
    book. They must be hiring first-grade teachers to review tweets.
    Actually, the point is more that they don't hire *anyone* to review
    tweets. It's all done by AI, which is to say, broken shitware that
    can't do a tenth of what's claimed. Hiring *people* would cost money.

    The Twitterati: "What's a book? or "What are pages?
    What do they recommend, Snippy Scissors?

    I talked with a librarian yesterday, and she said an index card is best.
    I'd think a sharp blade would cut at the crease with less risk of
    tearing the page.

    'Absolutely real-- have pages and everything. I thought they'd be a nice
    durable cardboard. Matter of fact, they're absolutely real... It's a
    triumph. What thoroughness! What realism! Knew when to stop too--
    didn't cut the pages. But what do you want? What do you expect?'
    -- Owl Eyes, in the Great Gatsby, remarking on Gatsby's library

    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Scott Dorsey on Thu Aug 4 14:08:17 2022
    On 8/4/22 9:15 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

    I talked with a librarian yesterday, and she said an index card is best.
    I'd think a sharp blade would cut at the crease with less risk of
    tearing the page.

    'Absolutely real-- have pages and everything. I thought they'd be a nice
    durable cardboard. Matter of fact, they're absolutely real... It's a
    triumph. What thoroughness! What realism! Knew when to stop too--
    didn't cut the pages. But what do you want? What do you expect?'
    -- Owl Eyes, in the Great Gatsby, remarking on Gatsby's library


    Mad once had a mock ad for a "Ridiculously Expensive Book Club" or
    something like that. The description said, "Each page is uncut, because
    these books are for showing off, not reading."

    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From Wolffan@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 4 14:47:33 2022
    On 03 Aug 2022, Peter Trei wrote
    (in article<a5ebc803-b3ef-49be-812a-b821396b42cbn@googlegroups.com>):

    On Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 8:43:22 AM UTC-4, Gary McGath wrote:
    My Twitter account, @garym03062, has been suspended for recommending the use of a sharp blade to separate the pages of a book. They must be
    hiring first-grade teachers to review tweets.

    ...and people think Elon Musk can make Twitter * worse*?

    pt

    He’s a white Persian cat and a hollowed-out volcano lair short of being a Bond supervillian, so he could make it worse. He’d have to put some effort into doing that, though.

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  • From Someone Else@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Thu Aug 4 14:22:58 2022
    In Message-ID:<tcdqh8$27qf6$1@dont-email.me>,
    Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:

    My Twitter account, @garym03062, has been suspended for recommending the
    use of a sharp blade to separate the pages of a book. They must be
    hiring first-grade teachers to review tweets.

    https://www.techdirt.com/2019/11/20/masnicks-impossibility-theorem-content-moderation-scale-is-impossible-to-do-well/

    https://www.techdirt.com/tag/content-moderation-at-scale/

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  • From Keith F. Lynch@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Thu Aug 4 21:47:08 2022
    Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:
    My Twitter account, @garym03062, has been suspended for recommending
    the use of a sharp blade to separate the pages of a book. They must
    be hiring first-grade teachers to review tweets.

    Suspended for how long?

    Are uncut books still sold? I haven't seen one in decades. Very
    likely whoever suspended you, even if human, had never heard of them.
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Keith F. Lynch on Thu Aug 4 20:15:59 2022
    On 8/4/22 5:47 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:
    My Twitter account, @garym03062, has been suspended for recommending
    the use of a sharp blade to separate the pages of a book. They must
    be hiring first-grade teachers to review tweets.

    Suspended for how long?

    The last time it was months.

    Are uncut books still sold? I haven't seen one in decades. Very
    likely whoever suspended you, even if human, had never heard of them.

    They're still sold, but not on the new-book market. More often it's a
    book in which just one pair of pages failed to be fully separated, but
    even that only happens with old books, as far as I know.

    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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  • From evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Gary McGath on Fri Aug 5 05:29:01 2022
    On Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 8:16:01 PM UTC-4, Gary McGath wrote:
    On 8/4/22 5:47 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    Gary McGath <ga...@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:
    My Twitter account, @garym03062, has been suspended for recommending
    the use of a sharp blade to separate the pages of a book. They must
    be hiring first-grade teachers to review tweets.

    Suspended for how long?
    The last time it was months.

    Are uncut books still sold? I haven't seen one in decades. Very
    likely whoever suspended you, even if human, had never heard of them.
    They're still sold, but not on the new-book market. More often it's a
    book in which just one pair of pages failed to be fully separated, but
    even that only happens with old books, as far as I know.

    One of my jobs when I worked in the UMass library in 1969 was cutting
    pages in new books. All of them were foreign-language, so, at least
    back then, it was more common in other countries.

    --
    Evelyn C. Leeper

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  • From Tim Merrigan@21:1/5 to kfl@KeithLynch.net on Fri Aug 5 10:39:47 2022
    On Thu, 4 Aug 2022 21:47:08 -0000 (UTC), "Keith F. Lynch"
    <kfl@KeithLynch.net> wrote:

    Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:
    My Twitter account, @garym03062, has been suspended for recommending
    the use of a sharp blade to separate the pages of a book. They must
    be hiring first-grade teachers to review tweets.

    Suspended for how long?

    Are uncut books still sold? I haven't seen one in decades. Very
    likely whoever suspended you, even if human, had never heard of them.

    Except for a few art books (where the structure of the book is part of
    the art) I don't think I've heard of any published in my lifetime
    (since 1954). Though I've seen a couple older ones (from the
    nineteenth century) that still had a signature or two uncut.
    --

    Qualified immunity = virtual impunity.

    Tim Merrigan

    --
    This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
    https://www.avg.com

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com on Fri Aug 5 19:42:08 2022
    Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:
    On 8/4/22 5:47 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
    Gary McGath <garym@REMOVEmcgathREMOVE.com> wrote:
    My Twitter account, @garym03062, has been suspended for recommending
    the use of a sharp blade to separate the pages of a book. They must
    be hiring first-grade teachers to review tweets.

    Suspended for how long?

    The last time it was months.

    Are uncut books still sold? I haven't seen one in decades. Very
    likely whoever suspended you, even if human, had never heard of them.

    They're still sold, but not on the new-book market. More often it's a
    book in which just one pair of pages failed to be fully separated, but
    even that only happens with old books, as far as I know.

    These days most presses are automated and there's nobody folding signatures
    by hand or hand-cutting them on a guillotine before sewing them up with a needle.

    There ARE a few crazy small-run presses out there like that, though. There's
    a shop in Richmond VA that prints small poetry books with hand-set type
    and hand binding. I would not be surprised if they left the pages uncut.
    This is not typical of modern production, however.
    --scott

    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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